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Feb 25 2020

Three ways to promote inclusion and student voice in the classroom

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, ALN / SEN, Education, Inclusion, Microsoft, Morals, Pedagogy first, Positivity, Tools No Comments

Inclusion can take place in lots of ways in a school setting. Technology can really help with this and in this post, I'll share three ways to help ensure children don't feel excluded in your classroom. Wheel of Names! Sometimes inclusion is just that - ensuring everyone not only feels…

Mar 18 2019

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How to ensure value for money when purchasing #edtech

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, Infographics, Leadership, Microsoft No Comments

Originally posted as part of my Summer takeover on the Microsoft Education blog, this post explores the different ways you can ensure value for money when purchasing technology for your school. One of the most difficult things a school has to focus on is achieving value for money for its…

Mar 08 2019

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Ways to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive with #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, EdTech, educators, Inclusion, Microsoft No Comments

Originally posted as part of my Summer takeover on the Microsoft Education blog, this post explores the ways in which you can use Microsoft tools to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive... One of the most beautiful parts of the role of the teacher is that ability you have…

Mar 02 2018

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New Microsoft App which calls out landmarks to help the visually impaired

By Mark Anderson ALN / SEN, EdTech, iPad, Microsoft, Positivity No Comments

There's no getting away from it, Microsoft's focus on driving new technologies forward to help those with accessibility needs have been pretty groundbreaking in recent times. The Immersive Reader that works within Office Lens is one such example. Simply take a photo of a document within Office Lens and have…

Jan 11 2018

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Check out the awesome ‘learning tools’ for OneNote

By Mark Anderson ALN / SEN, CPD, EdTech, Food for thought, ICT, Microsoft No Comments

I'm on a bit of a OneNote mission at the moment, it's true. The OneNote Class Notebook add-in is simply superb. I wish the features of OneNote persisted i.e. were the same, across platforms though. The experience you get in Windows simply isn't the same on Mac or iOS. As…

Jan 09 2018

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30+ ideas on how to use #MicrosoftEdu in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, Microsoft No Comments

A while ago I created a Padlet to curate some ideas for using Microsoft's tools in the classroom. The Padlet has had some great engagement and there is a load of ideas shared on there. It really has been brilliant to see all of these coming in onto the wall.…

Oct 05 2017

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Save time curating web resources for OneNote Class Notebook #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Chrome, Google, Microsoft No Comments

I love Google Chrome. The extensions you can add to your Chrome browser are fab. Sure there are things you can do with Safari, Edge, Firefox... but nothing comes close really to the powerful Chrome browser. One of my new (to me) favourite extensions for Chrome has to be the…

Sep 03 2017

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Three things to try this year in Office 365 infographic

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Education, educators, Infographics, Learning, Microsoft No Comments

As we start at the beginning of the new school year we are likely to be thinking about the ways in which we can improve ourselves and make learning better in the classroom. We're probably hoping that things might get a little easier too. Certainly the pressures on teachers aren't…

Jul 11 2017

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Icons galore with this brilliant new add-in from the Noun Project

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Microsoft, Resources, Tools No Comments

There's one sure fire way of helping to bring your designs and documents to life and that is through the use of simple iconography. I wrote about the brilliant flaticon site in my secret edtech weapons post here. Always keeping something back for myself, I didn't share the Noun Project's…

May 07 2017

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And they’re back in the game…

By Mark Anderson Microsoft No Comments

If you missed the Microsoft update event this past week then you missed something I think could have marked a changing of the guard. You can watch it again here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAkuJXGldrM Just like I'm sure there were things to learn from the dad-dancing at the launch event of Windows 95, the…